Got up and went in to the house at 9:00 AM. Alison gave me coffee. Tony, Melissa and Bridgette and Sean and Zoe came over for breakfast. Jim made bacon, scrambled eggs and French toast. Duke was wandering around Nala was in her house It was nice to see 2 grandsons and great granddaughter. Talked […]
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Saturday 10-10-20 Moscow, IA to Hastings, MN
Another perfect autumn day. Got up and made coffee and took Joy for a walk. Went outside and Tim said their Water Heater wasn’t working again. Yesterday he replaced just the Control Board, but had the Thermostat Assembly. He put it in and it still didn’t work. We thought it might be the propane valve. […]
Friday 10-9-20 Tim Goes to Davenport for Parts
Another beautiful day. Got up, made coffee and took Joy for a walk. Got caught up with things on the Internet. At 11:00 AM Tim got a call that his Water Heater parts had come in. We took off in Mary and Tim’s new Equinox for Davenport, IA, about 30 mi east on I 80. […]
Thursday 10-8-20 Waverly to Moscow
Got up early. Made coffee and went into Walmart for a few things. Very nice Walmart. Left a little after 8:00 AM. Headed south through Waterloo and Cedar Rapids on US-218 and I-380 to I-80. Drove east on I-80 through Iowa City to HWH in Moscow. Got there at 11:00 AM. I registered and Tim […]
Thursday 10-7-20 Cold Spring, MN to Waverly, IA
Stopped at our son Jay’s house last night. We are on our way to Moscow, IA to HWH to get jacks fixed. Traveling with Tim, Mary and Jersey. We got pizza from Jimmy’s Pizza when Jay got home from work. Got up early this morning and went to Tires Plus for new tired on the […]
Friday 6-26-20 We Leave for Home
We awoke to a beautiful morning. Everyone did their own breakfast. Cathy and I sat outside with Mark and had coffee and donuts while talking. Willy came out after breakfast. He cleaned up the dog food on the ground that the previous campers left. Willy and Gerry were the first to leave at about 10:00 […]
Wednesday 6-24-20 Camping with WIT friends at Belmont Park
I left home at 2:00 PM Wednesday for two nights of camping with WIT Nodak Flickertails Winnebago Club at Belmont Park 10 miles east of Buxton on the Red River. When I got there the campers moving to the opposite end site hadn’t moved yet. They got busy and moved and we moved in. Only […]
Sunday 4-5-20 First Day at Home and Self Quarantine
Nice day, sunny and 45F. Still tabulating info on trip. Watched several YouTube videos about RVs and the Corona Virus. In one, RVer TV, he was at Lake Havasu City. He filmed driving through Line Tree and you can see our motorhome. The BLM says Quartzite is at capacity based on Social Distancing. Kathryn said […]
Saturday 4-4-20 Final Leg of Trip Home
Sunny, partly cloudy day. Overnight low 20F. Wind 10 to 20 mph from SE. High in Buxton today was 30F. Spent the night parked in front of Flying J Set the alarm for 6:00AM. Got up when alarm went off and checked temperature and House Batteries. Temp was 62F and Batteries full at 12.6 vdc. […]
Friday 4-3-20 Concordia, KS to Sioux Falls, SD
Storm overnight. At 3:10AM we were awakened by heavy sleet on the roof, rain and thunder. Lasted an hour. Joy barked the whole time. Got down to 26F and the wind was continuous. This what is what it looked like when I got up Made coffee and toasted a bagel. Checked things out on Internet […]